The reproduction of working class? Social mobility and the stratification of parenting practice in urban Chinese families

Abstract Parenting practice, an embodied cultural capital, is class based. The findings of this study showed that in urban Chinese families, the middle class was inclined to adopt the practice of concerted cultivation while the working class was inclined to adopt the practice of natural growth. Howe...

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Main Authors: Felicia F. Tian, Yongchao Jing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-05-01
Series:The Journal of Chinese Sociology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40711-021-00147-w